Drier.



A. SLAYSMAN, JR:

'DRIER.

APPLICATION TILED DEC- 51 1914" 1 139,,15, Patented May 18, 1915.

' 2 SHEETSSHEETL TIES- l 6Q 57 THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTC-LITHQ. WASHINGTON, D, C.

A. SLAYSMAN. In.

DRIER.

APPLICATION vFILED DEC-15y 1914. l 1 39,81 5, Patented May 18, 1915.

2 SHEETS-$HEET 2- FL Er E1 'illll 1/19 3 n eooez s THE NORRIS PETERS CQ, PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D, C.

ALEXANDER SLAYSMAN, m, or nAMILTon AaYLaNn.

DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed December 15, 1914. Serial No. 877,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER SLAYs- MAN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, Baltimore county, and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Driers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to driers.

One object of the invention is toprovide,

a simple, economical and sanitary apparatus particularly designed for the purpose of drying can ends whether it be desired to remove moisture from the can ends to prevent rust or whether it be desired to dry an ad hesive or sealing compound which has been applied thereto.

Another object resides in the provision of means for efiectually drying can ends or other articles embodying among other characteristics means whereby the can ends may be fed to a heating chamber heated through the instrumentality of any suitable heating medium and caused to travel over a zig-zag course through the chamber in the presence of the heating medium and finally discharged automatically out of the heating chamber.

A still further object resides in the provision of a machine of the nature stated embodying among other characteristics, means whereby the can ends or other articles are transferred from one set of rotatable elements to another set of rotatable elements and back ontothe first set of rotatable elements and so on, whereby the can ends take a zig-zag course through the heating chamber until they reach a point in their zig-zag course when they are tripped and'caused to be ejected automatically outof the heating chamber.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. at is a plan view with the closure of the heating chamber open.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference character 10 indicates a table of any suitable character for the support of the'mechanism embodied in the present invention, and this table may be supported in any suitable manner, one means being to provide oppositely disposed legs 11 and 12 of any suitablecharacter at opposite ends of the table.

The legs 11 may be connected by a bracing element 13, if desired, and the op osite legs at each end of the table may be connected by a brace 14, if desired. The table and its legs and brace connections are composed of angle iron in part or in whole or any suitable character of material may be employed. Secured to the underside of the table 1 0 are a pair of hangers l5 and 16 provided with bearings 17 in which may be journaled a drive shaft 18 provided on its outer end with a pulley 19 or any other suitable means by which the drive shaft 18 may be driven. A driven shaft 20 is journaled in suitable bearings 21 mounted preferably on the connecting pieces 14 between the end legs 11 and 12 and also preferably journaled in. the

hangers 22 disposed in alinement with the,

bearings 21. The driven shaft 20 is driven through the instrumentality of the driving shaft 18 in any suitable manner, one means being to provide the driving shaft 18 with a beveled gear 23 adapted to mesh with a beveled gear 24, on the driven shaft 20.

Mounted on the upper face of the table 10 is disposed a suitable heating means for drying purposes, as will be explained. This heating means may consist of a coil 25 to receive steam, water, air or other drying medium. The table 10 is provided with apertures 26 and 27 beneath which the heads 28 and 29 of the bearings 30 and 31, respec tively, may be disposed. In these bearings vertical shafts 32 and 33, respectively, are journaled, and which shafts extend through the aforesaid apertures 26 and 27 respectively, in vertical parallel planes above the table 10. The shaft 32 carries a beveled gear 34 adapted to mesh with a beveled pinion 35 keyed on the driven shaft 20. The shaft 33 carries a beveled gear 36 adapted to mesh with a beveled pinion 37 keyed on thedriven shaft 20.

Rotatably mounted on the heads 28 and 29 of the respective bearings 30 and 31 are bearings 38 and 39 of sleeves 40 and 41, re-' spectively, which are keyed to the aforesaid V shafts 32 and 33, respectively, in any suitable manner and which are therefore adapted for rotation with said shafts 32 and 33.

and of the respective sets may be of any suitable form and may be secured to the respective sleeves '40 and 41 in any suitable manner as by shrinking, sweating or by means of suitable keys. In any'event, the

disks of each set are preferably. arranged in vertical alinement one upon another with the disks of one set overlapping the disks of the adjacent set at a portion of the turn of revolution of the disks." The lowermost disk (4 of the set A is preferably provided with a hub-46 which extends above and below the operative surface of the disk a and which hub 46 preferably bears against the shoulder 42 on the sleeve 40. The remain- 40 r sleeve 40 adjacent the hub of the uppermost disk d. Each disk has an annular flange 48' ing upper disks 5, c and dare preferably formed just like the disk a with their hubs arranged, thehub 46 of the disk 5 on the hub 46 of the disk a, with the remaining hubs of the remaining disks disposed one on another, a set collar 47 being disposed on the on-its upper face, as shown. The disks may be and are preferably inclosed by a suitable casing 49 provided with an inlet opening 50 with which cooperates an inlet chute 64 and an outlet opening 51 with which cooperates an outlet chute 65. The casing has its lower edge bolted or otherwise secured around the edges of the table and preferably has'a closure which is in the form of hinged sections 52 and 53 hingedly mounted as at 54 or in any suitable manner.

Each section 5253 of the closure may be fastened in closed position in any suitable manner, one means being to provide each section with a projection 55 wh1ch 1s b1fur cated at its outer end, as at 56, for the reception of a screw threaded bolt 57 pivotally mounted at one end, as at 53, in a bracket 59. By virtue of the pivots 58 the screw threaded bolt 57 may be thrown into' and out of the bifurcations 56 of-the projections 55 and, when placed in said bifurcations, the

' driving shaft 18.

bolts maybe secured against movement on their pivots by means of a thumb nut or other suitable element '60.

By virtue of the casing 49 and its closure better understood from a further reading ofthis specification. 7

Mounted on the table 10'within the chamber C isan'upright 61 on which may be keyed for adjustment by means of suitable fastening elements 62 a plurality of vertically spaced trip arms 63,'there being one trip arm for each disk of each set of disks,

7 the trip arms 63 of the set A being reversed with relation to position from the trip arms of the set of disks B, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. V

vIn the operation of the present drier power is applied to the pulley or other 'driving means 19' which causes rotationof the I By reason of the gear connections 23-24 between the driving shaft 18 and the driven shaft 20 the latter is caused to rotate when the driving shaft 18 is operated. By virtue of the gear connection 34 35 between the vertical shaft 32' and the driven shaft 30 said vertical shaft 32 and consequentl the sleeve 4U secured thereto are adapts to rotate toward the right as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3'. The gear connection 36-37 between the vertical shaft 33 and the driven shaft 20 causes the vertical shaft 33 and consequently the sleeve 41 to rotate toward the right. This otherwise down the chute 64 onto the uppermost disk (Z of the set of disks A.- The an: nular flange 48 on the disk d, and also as regards the other disks, form stops to limit rotation of the vertical shafts 32 and 33 with the movement of the can'endsinwardly of thedisk and to cause the can end fed-onto the disk d to lie between the annular flangeend is now turned to the right on the uppermost disk d which. rotates to the right until it is brought into engagement with the corresponding trip arm 63 which cooperates with the disk d of the set E when'the can end is thrown onto the opposite disk 0 rotating toward the left and on which the can end remains until it is brought into engagement with the corresponding trip arm 63 when it is transferred diagonally across to the opposite disk 0 of the set B. .This feed of the can end continues in this zig-zag way until the can end reaches the lowermost disk (4 of the set B when the trip arm 63 will deflect the same onto the discharge chute 65 over which it is carried out through the discharge opening 51 in the casing 49 to a receptacle or any other suitable place effectually dried for the purposes hereinbefore recited.

What is claimed is 1. In a can end drier, a suitably supported table, a casing on the table whose bottom is formed by said table and providing a heating chamber having an inlet at one end and an outlet at its opposite end, sets of ')ppo sitely disposed disks arranged within the heating chamber, means for rotating the sets of disks in opposite directions, one set of disks overlapping the other set of disks at one point in their turn of rotation, means for heating the chamber, and means for transferring the can ends from one set of disks to the other set of disks alternately to cause the can ends to travel over a zig-zag course through said chamber from the inlet to the outlet opening of the chamber.

2. In a drier, a chamber, means to heat the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, means for rotating the disks in opposite directions, and means to transfer articles from one disk of one set to a disk of the other set.

3. In a drier, a chamber, means to heat the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, the disks of one set having a portion of their peripheral edges overlapping similar portions of the disks of the other set, means to feed articles to the uppermost disk of one set, and means to transfer the articles from the disks of one set to the disks of the other set alternately to transfer the articles over a zig-zag course from the uppermost disk of one set to the lowermost disk of the other set.

4. In a drier, a chamber, means to heat the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, means for rotating the disks in opposite directions, and means to transfer articles from one disk of one set to a disk of the other set, each disk of each set being mounted one upon another and each having an annular flange formed on its upper face.

5. In a drier, a chamber, means to heat the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in thechamber, the, disks of one set having a portion of,

. flange formed on its upper face.

6. In a drier, a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, means for heating the chamber, means for feeding articles to the chamber, sets of disks rotatably mounted on the chamber, each disk having an annular flange on its upper face, means for rotating the sets of disks in opposite directions, and a trip cooperating with each disk and whose inner end lies close to the annular flange of the respective disk to transfer the articles from the disks of each set alternately.

7 In a can end drier, a chamber, means to heat the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, means for rotating the disks in opposite directions, an upright mounted in the chamber, and trip arms secured to the upright and arranged whereby one trip will cooperate with one disk and whereby can ends are transferred from one disk of one set to a disk of the other set.

8. In a can end drier, a table, a chamber mounted on the table, a closure for the chamber, a heating means arranged in the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, the disks of one set having a portion of their peripheral edges overlapping similar portions of the disks of the other set, means to feed can ends to the uppermost disk of one set and means totransfer the can ends from one disk of one set to-a disk of the other set alternately and thereby transfer the articles over a zig-zag course from one disk of one set to another disk of the other set.

9. In a can end drier, a table, a chamber mounted on the table, a closure for the chamber, a heating means arranged in the chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, the disks of one set having a portion of their peripheral edges overlapping similar portions of the disks of the other set, means to feed can ends to the uppermost disk of one set, and trip arms to transfer the can ends from one disk of one set to a disk of the other set alternately and thereby transfer the articles over a Zig-zag course from one disk of one set to another disk of the other set.

10. In a drier, a chamber, sets of rotatable disks in the chamber, means for rotating the disks in opposite directions, means to trans- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. I

' ALEXANDER SLAYSM AN, JR.

Witnesses I WALTER M. PL WMAN, MELVIN H. BARNEY;

fer articles from one disk of one set to a disk of the other set alternately to transfer articles over a zig-zag course from the uppermost disk of one set to the lowermost disk of 5 the other set, and means whereby the articles may bedried during their zigzag movement 7 from one set of disks to the other.

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